HifiMan Sundara Headphones, Black, Medium, Wired

Die Kopfhörer sind das Einstiegsmodell in Planarmagnetische Treiber und haben sich wirklich als Referenzmodell der Einstiegsmodelle der 'audiophilen' Kopfhörer etabliert. Ich kann verstehen, warum. Mein Modell war gut verarbeitet und klang schon aus der Box gut. Für jemanden, der gerne basslastige Musik hört, sind offene Kopfhörer vielleicht etwas fragwürdig. Leider ist der Bass nicht ganz so voluminös und geht nicht so tief wie bei geschlossenen Kopfhörern, selbst im günstigeren Bereich. Mitten sind dafür toll, und Instrumente sehr schön separiert. Man entdeckt manche Lieder wirklich neu, wenn man sie davor nur mit 'consumer' Kopfhörern a la Bose / Sony gehört hat. Ich habe die Kopfhörer an einem Fiio K7 betrieben, für meinen Geschmack waren sie aber auch schon an einem normalen Endgerät (MacBook / normales PC Motherboard) laut genug. Und nicht viel schlechter, aber doch deutlich undynamischer. Für mich waren sie leider unterm Strich nicht 'punchy' genug, und auch nicht laut genug im Tiefbassbereich. Ich höre gerne elektronische Musik (z.B. Skee Mask) aber auch ab und zu Metal (Lorna Shore, FFAA...) und brauche dafür einfach die Power untenrum. Ich liebäugle nun mit den Hifiman HE6se, welche leider nochmal in einer anderen Preisliga sind. Aber die Suche nach den perfekten Kopfhörern endet wohl nie. Was ich gerne noch erwähnen würde, ist dass es sehr angenehm war, die Kopfhörer zum Spielen zu verwenden. Insbesondere in Calls (Voicechat) mit Freunden während des Spielens waren sie sehr angenehm in der Benutzung, weil man stets die eigene Stimme noch ein bisschen mitgehört hat. Für meine nächsten Desktop-use Kopfhörer kommen daher nur noch open-back Kopfhörer in Frage.

What can I say but WOW! These cans really are a huge improvement over standard headphones and their drivers. I am particularly impressed with the frequency response which I believe is better than the Sennheiser HD800s series. You will not be disappointed with the Sundara even as an Audiophile or an amateur starting their budding collection. 10/10!

Hello, A bit disappointing about my headphones. Sound quality is very interesting, very neutral bass to mid. a little coloration on the treble but no a lot. Very accurate, sound separation and sound stage is so wide . At this level on price it's very good ! But mine was arrived with a problem that's not acceptable. the diaphragm was deform on the right side and dent so, it's not affect the audio, but was audible when wearing. a little plasticky noise when the music spot too. very weird and not sure if it survive more than a month so i prefer to return it. on the photo it's not the cloth protection who reflect, it's the driver. i test with a light to confirm. The left side was ok, no prob at all I order a second one to test, it's possible to have a problem before arrival, i hope that will be better next time. First time on hifiman product. i give you a second and a last chance to shine.

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The Sundara open backed headphones from HiFiMan are a long established favorite amongst those seeking to venture beyond the shallows of audio perfection. These headphones may be your first glimpse of the uncharted depths of your very own hi-fi obsession. Over the years the price has tumbled, starting at $399 and steadily dropping even in the last month or so. I bought these at £169, but they were over £200 just last month (which was December 2025). At that price it may be true to say there is very little competition in terms of pure sound quality. These headphones may actually reach beyond personal preference (for which there is no accounting!) into a place where almost any "style" of listener will be well served. My primary use for these headphones was to provide an uncoloured, neutral sound image for final mixing and mastering of music. To that end they have performed amazingly well, and I've also enjoyed using them for listening. Compared to the Audio Technica ATH-M50x cans that I've been using for the last few years, and the in ear Linsoul KZ ZS10 Pro buds, the Sundara is very much a step up. Gone is the muddy lower mid-range of the ATH-M50x and the ridiculous over extension of sub-bass on the Linsouls. The planar design of the Sundara headphones really does allow a perception of detail that can be quite breathtaking. To give just one example, one of my first listens was to a track I'd already mastered, one that I knew intimately. There was a percussive shaker sound at one point, which had always represented itself as a little "pssshh" of white noise. The Sundara actually presented that same sound as a tightly grouped series of small "tck" sounds, which was the sound of the individual grains of rice in the shaker hitting the plastic shell! The same kind of detail is available throughout the audio spectrum. However, there are a couple of downside to these headphones, which will bother some greatly and some not at all. First of all, they are VERY revealing. Bad mixes will not be flattered. These are not a comfortable listening experience. If you are looking for sweetness or amelioration of less than perfect audio, look elsewhere. To give one example, I was listening to a recent acquisition of The Grateful Dead's In The Dark, having not heard it for many years. Whilst it did sound great, there was a point where the bass guitar was unacceptably prominent, and having heard it I could not unhear it. Checking with my other monitoring headphones and speakers I found the problem to be somewhat masked, less apparent to the point where I would probably not have cared. More importantly, these headphones are rated at a massive 37 Ohms. Thankfully, I have a very capable amplifier (Kenwood KAF-3030R) which is about twenty years old now, and it copes admirably with the demand, although I do have to turn the volume pot from around ten o'clock all the way up to somewhere mid afternoon, depending on the source material. I tried them with my phone (OnePlus Nord 4) and audio interface (Behringer UMC204) and neither coped well, producing a very coloured, somewhat muffled end result, which I can only imagine is a result of the headphones never being driven fully. So, your experience will depend heavily on the amplification you have available, and like I sad at the start, these headphones may well lead you into a search for perfection that could see you buying new stuff just to get the best out of them. Thankfully, I got lucky. Lastly, it's not really a downside, more of a characteristic of the design, but the Sudaras are open backed, meaning you will pollute any space you occupy with that treble leakage so beloved of public transport users everywhere. Even if you could drive these headphones fully in a mobile situation, they clearly not intended for such an environment. To sum up, a fantastic set of headphones if you can get them at the right price. HiFiMan may have other models that occupy their production line these days, and who knows, they might sound even better. But I feel like one other reviewer on YouTube who said it was hard to imagine there ever being a better sounding planar design. Yes, the Sundara headphones give a wonderful listening experience just as long as you are prepared to meet their demands.